Terma is the largest defense contractor in Denmark. With revenue of only $177 million it pales compared to the big U.S. and European companies though. Now DefenseNews is reporting that Terma hopes to gain significant work when the country chooses its new fighter to replace its aging F-16 fleet. The company has already signed teaming agreements with two of the bidders — SAAB and...
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Who new that Google sold products to the Federal government? Marketwatch reports that while the company had been able to see some sales there contract value has declined 75% over the last few years. In 2008 the company had barely $80,000 of work compared to over $400,000 in 2006. Google has been trying to sell Google Aps, their map and earth information as well as database products. They...
Last year the Canadian government set up a training program for their military called Operational Training Systems Provider (OTSP). This would primarily rely on a commercial provider to do the training and CAE was selected to run the program. Due to the political problems in Canada over the last few months the contact for this was never implemented. The Vancouver Sun reports that the...
We wrote in December about Siemens‘ settlement with the EU and the U.S. for bribery related to foreign government’s contracts. Now The Washington Post reports that Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR have agreed to record fines from the U.S. government related to bribes paid to Nigerian officials for construction contracts. The company paid over $180 million in bribes for...
This last round of BRAC saw the U.S. Defense Department concentrating its training facilities. Medical training would be focused at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is getting technical research and training. Fort Lee near Richmond, Virginia will be the center for missile and electronics repair training. Now The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the...
Last month the U.S Department of Health and Human Services invested in a plant to manufacture flue vaccine in case of an epidemic. Now SIGA Technologies reports that the Department has released a presolicitation for buying 1.7 million treatment courses for smallpox. MSNBC discusses this story here. SIGA Technologies is developing an antiviral drug to counter smallpox and the company feels...
Update - This story was picked up by the mainstream media today. Here is an article at MSNBC. It was also on Drudge and I saw a bit on CBS News. Government corruption has been going on for several thousand years but every now and then something happens that surprises even the most jaded person. This case from Pennsylvania is one of the strangest, and venal, that I have seen. The...
The U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Command awarded a contract worth about $1.5 million to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) equipment. MSNBC writes about the award here. Kratos’ subsidiary, DTI, will actually manage the contract for the Mark 40 standoff disruptors. This piece of equipment which shoots projectiles at the unexploded...
This article in the American Statesman summarizes Texas’s state government efforts to privatize portions of their social welfare net. Last December the state had to end a contract with Accenture that privatized the process of signing up Texans for Medicare and food stamps. The contractor was not meeting goals in signing up people in a timely fashion. The state will still out source...
The Oklahoman reports that the legislature is working on legislation to make state purchasing more flexible. Right now all contracts over twenty-five thousand dollars are executed by the Central Services Department. They would like to concentrate on larger contracts. State agencies with a “trained purchasing staff” would be able to do contracts up to $100 thousand. The state...
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